Labour Pains

If an employee does not immediately object to being laid off, or “furloughed,” does that mean that the employee has agreed to or condoned ...

Is the report of an investigator hired to investigate allegations of workplace harassment shielded by the doctrine of qualified privilege?...

Can substantial increases to one’s job responsibilities void what would otherwise be a binding termination provision in an employment cont...

On September 16, 2021, I published a post titled “Hope for Ontario's Employer Bar: The ONSC's Decision in Rahman v. Cannon Design ...

If a company describes an employee’s bonus payment as being “discretionary”, with the allocation of bonuses to employees being “purely sub...

Those of us of a certain age will remember a sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine that aired on Fox from 19...

Are public school teachers protected from unreasonable search and seizure by section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms if...

The law concerning the rights and responsibilities of Ontario’s employers to dismiss an employee “for cause” , and the rights of employee ...

The question of how much time one has within which to start a civil claim for unpaid wages, including unpaid overtime is actually more com...

Should parties on civil appeals be permitted to file “Reply Factums” without seeking leave of the court? In Prism Resources Inc. v. Detou...

If you can get thorough this post without hearing Ryan Tedder’s voice singing “It's too late to apologize,” well you’re stronger than ...

“Employment law isn’t real.” Mention to my father that to which I have dedicated my intellectual focus and professional pursuits and he w...

"It ain't over till it's over." According to a very quick Google search, the very height of what passes for research i...

Quit while you’re ahead and leave the numbers out of it. Those are the fundamental lessons from the decision of the Court of Appeal for ...

Is the amount of time spent as an “independent contractor” an appropriate fact for the court to consider when calculating the reasonable ...

Does a trial judge have absolute, unfettered discretion in awarding the costs of a proceeding? To what extent does the fact that one of t...

If a contractual termination clause provides for “the greater of” ESA entitlements and a set amount, will the guarantee of “the greater o...

Can an employee change her mind about resignation, if the impetus for such voluntary resignation ceases to be an issue, and the employee ...

Is the issue of the “conscionability” of a full and final release, signed as part of a severance negotiation and purporting to release cl...

Is it reasonable for an employee, slated to lose his or her employment as a result of the sale of part of his or her company, to refuse a...